This site is for the Forest Hills Webmasters to share what we learn about using the SchoolPointe Content Management Software.
As I learn how to create pages in the CMS, I'll post directions here. I hope you'll do the same. If you discover an easier or more efficient way of doing something, please update the page. And if there are any steps missing, please add them! When we're finished, hopefully we'll have a usable "how-to" manual for ourselves and future Forest Hills web contributors.
If you have any questions or suggestions, add a comment to the discussion tab, above.
Some notes before beginning
You will be logged off the Content Management System (CMS) if you are inactive for 20 minutes. ("Inactive" means you haven't been saving, even if you've been typing information.) So SAVE OFTEN.
Internet Explorer is the preferred browser for WIN; Firefox, for MAC. In fact, I found that if I tried to use Firefox on WIN, I was unable to create hyperlinks in the Content Pages.
"Wiki Wiki is a reduplication of wiki, a Hawaiian-language word for fast. The word wiki is a shorter form of wiki wiki (IPA /wiːkiː wiːkiː/). The word is sometimes interpreted as the backronym for what I know is, which describes the knowledge contribution, storage, and the exchange function."
This site is for the Forest Hills Webmasters to share what we learn about using the SchoolPointe Content Management Software.
As I learn how to create pages in the CMS, I'll post directions here. I hope you'll do the same. If you discover an easier or more efficient way of doing something, please update the page. And if there are any steps missing, please add them! When we're finished, hopefully we'll have a usable "how-to" manual for ourselves and future Forest Hills web contributors.
If you have any questions or suggestions, add a comment to the discussion tab, above.
Some notes before beginning
You will be logged off the Content Management System (CMS) if you are inactive for 20 minutes. ("Inactive" means you haven't been saving, even if you've been typing information.) So SAVE OFTEN.Internet Explorer is the preferred browser for WIN; Firefox, for MAC. In fact, I found that if I tried to use Firefox on WIN, I was unable to create hyperlinks in the Content Pages.
Here's what I know so far:
CMS LoginAdding Images to Content Pages
Additional Information (the navigation button)
Building Details
- School Profile
- Building Phone Directory
- Building Departments
- Building Principal & Assistants
Building EventsBuilding Forms
Building Links
Building News
Calendar
Content Pages
Department Links (linking to Content Pages in the text box area of the department pages, specifically Virtual Library and Guidance)
Downloads
Principal’s Message
PTA
Photo Gallery
School News
Secondary Content (the gray bar on the right side of Content Pages)
- Downloads as Secondary Content
- Photo Gallery as Secondary Content
Staff DirectoryTips & Tricks
Virtual Library (basic directions for managing department links and forms; works for Guidance, too.)
Trivia:
"Wiki Wiki is a reduplication of wiki, a Hawaiian-language word for fast. The word wiki is a shorter form of wiki wiki (IPA /wiːkiː wiːkiː/). The word is sometimes interpreted as the backronym for what I know is, which describes the knowledge contribution, storage, and the exchange function.""Wiki." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. March 14, 2007. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 21 March 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History>